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Sa'id of Egypt | |
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Khedive | |
Pasha of Egypt and Sudan | |
Reign | 13 July 1854 – 17 January 1863 |
Predecessor | Abbas Hilmi I |
Successor | Isma'il |
Born | 17 March 1822 Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 17 January 1863 (aged 40) Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Burial | |
Spouse | Inji Hanim Melekber Hanim |
Issue | Prince Muhammad Toussoun Pasha Prince Mahmoud Toussoun Pasha |
House | Alawiyya |
Father | Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt |
Mother | Ayn al-Hayat Qadin |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mohamed Sa'id Pasha (Arabic: محمد سعيد باشا, Turkish: Mehmed Said Paşa, March 17, 1822 – January 17, 1863) was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863, officially owing fealty to the Ottoman Sultan but in practice exercising virtual independence. Construction of the Suez Canal began under his tenure.[1]